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From the Reading Machine Sink It 'n' Solve It uses basketball to reinforce spelling skills. (Grades 3-6) From the Math Machine The Symmetrizer is a great place to explore kaleidoscopes. (Grades K-8) From the Science Machine Tonight's Sky invites students to explore space, the constellations, astronomy, more. (Grades 3-12)
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Back-to School Letters and Survival Kits Many teachers and administrators introduce themselves to parents and students before school starts. Some provide "survival kits" to help students weather the first few days.
Letters to Home
Alicia Harman's letter-writing lesson opens lines of communication between school and home.
Meet Harry K. Wong
Harry K. Wong, the author of The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher, discusses the secret to your success in the classroom.
Strategy of the Week
Rules Experienced educators know that effective teaching is only possible after they establish a positive climate for learning. One of the most basic and easily implemented aspects of classroom climate is the development of class rules.
Ken Shore: The Classroom Problem Solver The School-Phobic Student
The problem of school phobia requires immediate attention. The longer a student is absent from school, the greater his anxiety is likely to become -- and the harder it will be to get him back.
Ms. Powell's Tips for Organizing Your Classroom Fewer Office Trips
Use a four-section expanding file folder to hold papers that need to be taken to the school office.
Classroom Management Article of the Week
Ten Teacher-Tested Tips
Hallway conferences, pasta discipline, buddy rooms, bell work -- teachers share the classroom management techniques that work for them.
From Our Classroom Tips Library
Classroom Management: Bulletin Board Basics Behavior Management: Attention and Transitions Motivating Kids: Theme Teaching Book Report Makeover: BINGO! Homework Tips: Exit Slips Best Idea: Capture Class Images Testing Tips: Anxiety Attack
Fred Jones: Tools for Teaching Rules, Routines, and Standards
Investing time in teaching classroom rules, standards, and procedures is a classic example of proactive versus reactive management. Prevention is cheaper than remediation.
Emma McDonald: The New Teacher Advisor Lost in Space
Whether youve got a classroom the size of a football field or one barely bigger than a closet, the ideas in this article will help you make the most of the space you've got.
Eric Baylin: Songs to Brighten a Teacher's Day Coming Back Is Never Easy
Understand that I love teaching. I wouldn't choose any other field. But I also love summer. And coming back to school has just never been easy. I can't lie about that -- but I can sing about it!
Joe Martin: The Teacher Motivator First Things First on the First Day of School
Do you think you can show students how learning reading, writing, math, science...can help them achieve some of their goals and relieve some of their stress? Its worth a shot.
Meet other members of Education World's Professional Development columnist team.
THE MATH AND SCIENCE CORNER
What Color Is Your Balloon?
How many balloons of each color does Jeremy have to sell?
Wendy Petti's Math Cats What Is Math?
It might seem obvious, but responses to that question can be surprisingly diverse.
Math Flies Off the Shelf
Parents in Virginia learn to capitalize on "teachable math moments" at home in the kitchen with hands-on items like cereal and soup labels.
Race to 1000
Review odd/even numbes and place value to 1000. (Grades 2-3)
Math Mnemonics Learn to Count
THE SCIENCE LAB Why No Flood?
A demonstration of air pressure and its effects.
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Try a Hinky-Pinky
Stuck for easy ideas for the first weeks of school? Try hinky-pinkies. The simple multidisciplinary poetry-writing activity is a fun back-to-school icebreaker.
My Phone
Motivate kids to write with this fun "myPhone" template.
Writing Lessons What Happened? Explore legends surrounding volcanoes, write your own legend. (Grades 3-12) Create a Word Have fun making up new words, writing definitions for them. (Grades 3-12)
Writing Bugs
Somewhere in Time You have invented a time machine. Where are you going?
Too Much Violence? Is there too much violence on television?
Reader's Theater Good To Be Green
Will Little Gerry Green Thumb be accepted into Nursery Rhyme Kingdom?
Cathy Puett Miller
Engaged Reading
Engaging all students in active, thinking, reading is vital. Centering reading around student interests, motivation, and self-concept is how we give every student a reason to read.
Reading Feature
Reading Aloud: Are Students Ever Too Old?
Is there ever a time when students are too old to be read to? Many teachers are firm believers in reading aloud -- even at the high school and college levels.
Best Books for Teaching About...
Bullies Friendship
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Backpack-tivities
These 36 @home learning activities provide teachers with simple and effective tools for involving parents in their childrens education. They provide families with opportunities to spend time learning with, from, and about one another.
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